The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Invites you to a talk on “Identity in Indian Art since Independence”
by Girish Shahane
on Tuesday 13th September at 5 pm in the Durbar Hall
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to invite you to a talk by Girish Shahane titled “Identity in Indian Art since Independence” in the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai on Tuesday 13th September at 5 pm.
In the 1950s, 1970s, 1990s and 2010s each witnessed the emergence of different approaches to identity as well as different notions of what art ought to be and the values it ought to embody. Using examples from leading artists of each era, the lecture illustrates the four stages in the development of ideas of identity in Indian Art over the past 75 years.
Girish Shahane is an independent writer and curator based in Mumbai. He has degrees in English Literature from Elphinstone College, University of Bombay and Oxford University which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was Editor and later consulting editor of Art India magazine. Shahane has been Director of the Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art Chennai, Artistic Director of Art Chennai, and Artistic Director of the Indian Art Fair 2015. He has been a columnist for TimeOut magazine, DNA newspaper, Yahoo India, Mint Lounge and Scroll.in
Please join us for tea at 4.30 pm.
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Officiating Hon. Secretary